Amber Gregory
313 Soda Hall #1776
University of California, Berkeley
EECS Department
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776 Some facts about me:
- I have BAs in Geography and Psychology from UC Berkeley (2006), and a postgraduate certificate in graphic design from UC Berkeley Extension (2008).
- Necessity dictates that my music and my socks be equally loud. Stop by the office sometime and you will see what I mean.
- I am obsessed with music, particularly British bands such as Blur, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, The Libertines, etc. My favorite band for the past year has been We Are Scientists. My husband and I have attended the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival in Indio, CA every year since 2004, and I dream of someday attending Glastonbury.
- I was born in Los Angeles, but grew up primarily in Beaverton, Oregon.
- I am a proud, if not a bit oddball, alum of Marlborough School in Los Angeles, where I spent my last two years of high school.
- I married my husband Scott on August 14th, 2006 on the island of Moloka'i in Hawai'i, which was one week after I joined the staff at EECS.
- I moonlight as a photographer and web designer, where I have eleven years of experience.
- I really love science fiction and fantasy novels and television shows. Among my all-time favorites are Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5, Orson Scott Card's Ender series, Harry Potter, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, and Dune. For the past few months, Scott and I have been watching Star Trek:Voyager
- I am an anglophile to the core. I come from a long line of short, pale, crooked-toothed Brits, though we've all been here for a while—I can trace my lineage back to the Mayflower. I know, go ahead and make fun of me now!
- Scott and I live in San Francisco with our three incredible cats—Jeffy, Zeke, & Mogli.
- My favorite cities outside of the US are (so far) London, England and Vancouver, British Columbia. In the States, I love San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Portland, Boston, and Providence in particular.
- I love everything associated with the ocean and marine life. I also have very good snorkel luck! The first time I snorkeled, I encountered a spotted eagle ray in 3 feet of water.
- I am a Gemini and an INFJ. What are you?
- My not-so-distant ancestor wrote Taps (see Daniel Butterfield).
- I love football. Capital L Love. I particularly love college football (GO BEARS!) but pro football will do as well. I have loved football since I was a small child.
- I also love watching gymnastics (I used to be a not-very-talented gymnast), figure skating, skiing and other snow sports, and swimming.
- I am a writer, and have participated in National Novel Writing Month for three years so far: 2002, 2003, and 2006.